Improvement in paper-holders



C. H. BARROWS.

Paper-Holder.

No. 130,464. Patented Aug. 13,1872.

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CHARLES H. BARROWS, OF WILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER-HOLDERS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, C. H. BARROWS, of Willimantic, in the county ofWindham and in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Newspaper-Holders; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing making a part of thisspecification, in which. v

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device, and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same.

' Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each figure.

The object of my invention is to furnish a simple, convenient, andinexpensive means whereby newspapers can be stored within asitting-room; and it consists in the hereinafterdescribed device as awhole, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In the annexed drawing is shown my device, which is formed of or from apiece of wire in the following manner: The wire A, having a suitablelength, is bent inward and across at its longitudinal center so as toform a loop or eye, B; from thence said wire extends in oppositedirections outward, forward, and downward, for about ten inches, in acurve; it is then turned once around so as to form a coil, C; fromthence it passes upward and inward, and then forward, outward, and againinward, in a curve, and has its hooked end passed through one portion ofsaid coil C. A slide, E,

secured upon the overlapping bows D of the device, completes the same,which is to be sus pended against or upon a wall by means of a screw ornail passing through the eye B.

In using this device the bows D are drawn forward at their upward endsby means of the slide or button E, and papers, pamphlets, &c., insertedbetween said bows and the rear portion of the holder, after which, uponreleasing said bows, they will spring back to place and closely confinethecontents of the device.

By extending the ends of the wire upward and outward, convenient hooks Fare formed, uponwhich various articles may be suspended.

The device thus shown is simple in construction, useful, and can befurnished at a comparatively small cost.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI clairnas new 1s The hereinbefore-described neWspaper-hold- .J ul y,1872.

CHARLES H. BARROWS.

Witnesses:

E. A. KEIGWIN, ADDIE A. HALL.

